Create Victims Per Shooting Map Visual 13

Step 1. Create Victims Per Shooting by State Map visual


Steps

  1. Click on an empty space in the canvas and select the Map visual from the Visualization Pane.
  2. Drag and drop the Geography Hierarchy in to the Location well, Latitude and Longitude in to their respective wells and Victims Per Shooting measure into Size well.

Step 2. Adjust the size and location of the Map visual

Steps

To adjust the size and location of the visual click the  Format pane and follow the below steps. 

  1. Expand the General tab.
  2. Enter the following values to adjust size and location of the visual.

           Set the X Position to 0.

           Set the Y Position to 159.

            Set the Width to 720.

            Set the Height to 423.


Step 3. Set the Data Colors


Steps

This step is to format the data color for the map visual. For range of numbers, we want the visual to show different data colors. 

  1. Select the Map visual and then expand the Data Label in the Format Pane.
  2. Select the function (fx) button to open the color format dialogue box.
  3. Select the drop down menu on Format By tab and select Rules from the drop down list.
  4. Select the drop down menu on Based on Field and select the measure based on which to format the color. In our case we will select the Victims Per Shooting measure.
  5. Set the rules for color formatting and set Hexadecimal 094780 for the first rule, Hexadecimal FFC000 for the second rule and Hexadecimal FF2200 for the third rule.
  6. Click on OK button to close the dialogue box.
  7. Expand the Bubbles tab and set the size to 19.
  8. Expand Map style, click on the drop down list in the Theme and select Grayscale



Step 4. Format the title of the Map visual

Steps

  1. Set the Title to On and expand the title.
  2. Select the function (fx) button to open the color format dialogue box.
  3. Enter Victims Per Shooting by State into the title Text Box.
  4. Set the font color to white and background color to Hexadecimal 007FFF
  5. Set the title Alignment to Center and Text size to 18.

Step 5. Insert the Map legend



Step 6. Turn the visual shadow on


Steps

In this step we will turn the visual shadow on to make it standout against the background.

  1. Click on the Visual.
  2. Go to Format Pane and turn the shadow on as shown in the image above.

This youtube video offers a very good explanation on how to create Map Visual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Rov1x3mIE

Create Victims Per Shooting Map Visual 13

Step 1. Create Victims Per Shooting by State Map visual


Steps

  1. Click on an empty space in the canvas and select the Map visual from the Visualization Pane.
  2. Drag and drop the Geography Hierarchy in to the Location well, Latitude and Longitude in to their respective wells and Victims Per Shooting measure into Size well.

Step 2. Adjust the size and location of the Map visual

Steps

To adjust the size and location of the visual click the  Format pane and follow the below steps. 

  1. Expand the General tab.
  2. Enter the following values to adjust size and location of the visual.

           Set the X Position to 0.

           Set the Y Position to 159.

            Set the Width to 720.

            Set the Height to 423.


Step 3. Set the Data Colors


Steps

This step is to format the data color for the map visual. For range of numbers, we want the visual to show different data colors. 

  1. Select the Map visual and then expand the Data Label in the Format Pane.
  2. Select the function (fx) button to open the color format dialogue box.
  3. Select the drop down menu on Format By tab and select Rules from the drop down list.
  4. Select the drop down menu on Based on Field and select the measure based on which to format the color. In our case we will select the Victims Per Shooting measure.
  5. Set the rules for color formatting and set Hexadecimal 094780 for the first rule, Hexadecimal FFC000 for the second rule and Hexadecimal FF2200 for the third rule.
  6. Click on OK button to close the dialogue box.
  7. Expand the Bubbles tab and set the size to 19.
  8. Expand Map style, click on the drop down list in the Theme and select Grayscale



Step 4. Format the title of the Map visual

Steps

  1. Set the Title to On and expand the title.
  2. Select the function (fx) button to open the color format dialogue box.
  3. Enter Victims Per Shooting by State into the title Text Box.
  4. Set the font color to white and background color to Hexadecimal 007FFF
  5. Set the title Alignment to Center and Text size to 18.

Step 5. Insert the Map legend



Step 6. Turn the visual shadow on


Steps

In this step we will turn the visual shadow on to make it standout against the background.

  1. Click on the Visual.
  2. Go to Format Pane and turn the shadow on as shown in the image above.

This youtube video offers a very good explanation on how to create Map Visual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Rov1x3mIE